SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY FRIDAY NOTE

5 Essentials for STAFF & STUDENTS:

• Staff 5 Essentials to be complete by end of the day: December 20th (5 Essential Party at 2:30 p.m. in the Co-Lab on December 19th)
• 4th and 5th Grade Student 5 Essentials to be completed sometime during the day on December 19th.

Sub Plan Reminders: Tis the Season for sickness... take some time this upcoming week to review your sub plans. Do they need any updates? Is student information accurate? Do you have any things prepped in case of an emergency? I always had a 'bin' of extra activities and 'go to's' if I couldn't make it in or had to leave in a hurry.

Grade Level Meetings: A reminder that the Grade Level Notes are due and should be updated in Trello.

End of Quarter: Please consider updating Semester Grades and observations for your RTI students. Our next Check-In Cycle is January 29th, but doing a little update now will save you time later, especially if you have implemented a behavior plan or other intervention in the past few weeks that needs updating.

Facebook: Help me capture those amazing learning moments. I am required to post Wednesday morning and Friday afternoon to our district FB page. Sending me some shots of those great moments would help tremendously in showcasing the awesome things happening at Southwest.

A childhood friend of mine, Alicia Hund, is a professor at Illinois State University. She contacted me and asked if I would try and recruit some teachers to complete a survey to help her complete some educational research. This is not mandatory by any means but I would greatly appreciate if you would find some time to take this survey. Maybe you'll win one of the Amazon gift cards. I tried to convince her that I should get one because I'm recruiting teachers for her but apparently it doesn't work that way. :)

Dear Teachers:

We are inviting elementary general and special education teachers in public schools in Illinois to participate in a research study about their attitudes and experiences surrounding teaching and learning. To be eligible, you must have worked with a student with an identified disability during the last three years. The study involves a short survey, which would take approximately 10-15 minutes. The Institutional Review Board at Illinois State University has approved this project (IRB-2019-242). Participation in the study is voluntary, and responses are anonymous. Upon completion of this survey, you will be eligible for a chance to receive one of four $15 Amazon gift cards. To learn more, please click here: (Qualtrics Link). Please complete this survey within two weeks. If you would prefer to complete a paper version of the survey, please contact us and one can be provided. If you have any questions about this research project, please feel free to contact Morgan Johnson at 847-533-1138 or mejohn3@ilstu.edu, or Alycia Hund at amhund@ilstu.edu. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Dec. 17th: Christmas Programs; K-2 @ 6 p.m.; 3-5 @ 7:15 p.m.

Dec. 19th: Hour Early Release

Dec. 20th: Assembly 8:30 a.m., Hour Early Release, End of 1st Semester (Christmas Parties must be done by 1:30 p.m.)

Dec. 23rd-Jan. 3rd: Winter Break

Jan. 8th- Grades due (8 a.m.)

Jan. 10th- Report Cards Go Home

Jan. 13th-Jan. 22nd- MAP Testing

Jan. 15th- PTA Meeting

Jan. 17th- Hour Early Release

Jan. 20th- Teacher's Inservice

Tuesday- Schluenz/Skopec

Wednesday- Wirth/Allen

Thursday- Cruikshank/Gentry

Friday- Gladfelter/Eckwall